Chapter 106: Shen Ni Takes the Blame: How Were the Xiongshou Beasts Born?

“Stirring up trouble?”

The ancestral elders bowed their heads in thought; the green wutong leaves rustled softly, and the entire Phoenix Terrace fell utterly silent.

“What, is this plan not good?” Yuan Huang asked.

After a moment, several ancestral elders pushed forward [Xuan Niao Elder] Qing Xuan (Di Jun).

Di Jun, helplessly, could only speak: “Chief, how do I put this? The opportunity is good, but…”

Di Jun raised his eyes toward Yuan Huang, speaking hesitantly, as if holding back words.

Yuan Huang: “Speak freely.”

“The problem is, if we’re discovered, we’ll incite universal outrage—we’ll be targeted by both clans and possibly killed by both sides!” Di Jun gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and spoke bluntly.

“Discovered? Killed?” Yuan Huang mused, as if weighing the consequences.

The elders below breathed a slight sigh of relief—such a chaotic scheme indeed warranted careful consideration.

Unfortunately, their notion of “careful” was entirely different from Yuan Huang’s.

Yuan Huang said: “These two problems—being discovered and being killed—are easily solved. You needn’t worry at all.”

“????” All the elders were baffled.

“I have here a divine technique: Embryonic Transformation and Shape-Shifting!”

“Through my trials, this technique has been fully refined. Embryonic Transformation and Shape-Shifting has two great wonders: Embryonic Transformation, and Shape-Shifting.”

Yuan Huang’s spiritual eyes shimmered with brilliant divine light; she smiled, her tone tinged with pride: “Shape-Shifting is simple—it lets you transform at will into all things under heaven and earth, every living being in the Zhou Tian, even altering your primordial essence!”

“If you turn into a dragon, you become a dragon; if you turn into a qilin, you become a qilin! If perfected, you can sever all karmic calculations!”

“As long as your primordial indestructible spiritual light isn’t exposed and your true spirit isn’t submerged, you cannot be discovered!”

“As for Embryonic Transformation…”

Yuan Huang told them: “By practicing this technique, you will gain the ability of Nirvana!”

“What is Nirvana?” the elders asked.

“The phoenix undergoes Nirvana—reborn from fire!”

Yuan Huang said: “After enduring the torment of flames and painful trials, you are reborn—and in rebirth, you ascend!”

“That means—even if you are killed, you can be reborn. And upon returning, your life, primordial essence, Dao, and more will all be elevated!”

“More crucially, even clan members below the Taiyi realm can cultivate this technique and condense the Nirvana Primordial Source!”

Upon hearing this, every elder’s spirit trembled.

To be able to transform and be reborn? That’s infinite alibi-making and infinite suicide runs!

These two abilities are the hallmark of divine beings.

Without them, you wouldn’t even dare step outside.

“A great divine technique! Truly a great divine technique!” the elders praised in unison.

A great divine technique—leads to great divinity.

Only the supreme path toward becoming a primordial great deity can be called a great divine technique.

Learning this method is like obtaining a ticket to the gate of primordial great divinity!

The key is, even ordinary clan members can use it.

Even if ordinary members struggle to reach perfection and cannot achieve infinite rebirth or infinite ascension,

as long as they successfully condense this “Nirvana Primordial Source” and master even a portion of the shape-shifting ability, the Phoenix Clan’s survival rate and cultivation success rate will skyrocket!

“So, now—are you still afraid of being discovered? Afraid of being killed?” Yuan Huang smiled at them.

Though my planning skills are mediocre, my ability to create divine techniques? Top-tier.

At this moment, every elder sat up straight, confident: “What’s there to fear? It’s just suicide runs! For the Phoenix Clan’s advancement, we’ll brave fire and water, no hesitation!”

Come on—primordial great beings and Taiyi Dao Lords are all professional suicide runs.

And the Nirvana Primordial Source lets cultivators ascend in life and Dao with each rebirth—so their suicide runs aren’t just suicide runs anymore—they’re cultivation!

The more spectacularly they die, the better their rebirth.

As for “enduring the torment of flames and painful trials”…

Are flames a torment and trial for the Phoenix Clan?

Isn’t that just a bath?

With this Embryonic Transformation and Shape-Shifting technique, Yuan Huang had essentially given the entire Phoenix Clan a cheat code.

And even more crucially…

“If our entire clan commits to this, we can forge a Nirvana Dao!”

Yuan Huang’s gaze blazed with divine fire; she spoke with renewed vigor: “The calamity-fire burns bright—the Da Qian shatters!”

“Once this Dao is opened, even facing the end of all heavens, the collapse of the great age—we can throw ourselves into endless calamity-fire and still achieve Nirvana, ascend, and begin anew!”

“Chief, your wisdom is supreme!”

A clamor rose from the Phoenix Terrace; the elders whispered among themselves, already discussing how to execute the “stirring up trouble” plan.

“Chief’s technique is truly excellent—it perfectly fills the plan’s weaknesses,” said [Hong Hu Ancestral Elder] Qing Hong.

[Da Peng Elder] Kun Peng chuckled: “With this technique, our Phoenix Clan might as well rename itself the Immortal Bird Clan.”

“Still, this plan needs refinement.”

[Yuan Chu Ancestral Elder] Qing Yuan thought for a moment, then said: “Even if we aren’t afraid of being discovered or killed, it’s still better not to be discovered—and better not to be killed!”

“So we must not only carry out sabotage ourselves—we must divert the two clans’ attention and find a scapegoat.”

“Who’s going to carry such a massive blame?” asked [Xuan Niao Elder] Di Jun.

“What about Shen Ni?” suggested [Qing Luan Ancestral Elder] Qing Luo.

The elders’ eyes lit up: “Him!” Everyone in the Hong Huang knew he was a terrorist who specialized in sabotage and never did anything good.

Who else would you blame?

“But one person might not be enough to carry this whole blame,” added [Da Peng Elder] Kun Peng.

White Jade City had long been at odds with Mo Zu Luo Hou; Hong Jun had told them: whenever the chance arises, smear the other side.

Kun Peng intended to steer the conversation and drag Mo Zu Luo Hou into it.

In the Phoenix Terrace, a deity with extraordinary perceptiveness sensed his intent immediately.

That deity was—Xiang Xuanqing!!

Your White Jade City immortals play dirty. Our Demon Dao alliance hasn’t even made its debut yet—you can’t just blame us first.

Xiang Xuanqing’s alt account sat in the audience section of the Phoenix Terrace, far from the center of the gathering.

His identity was a young prodigy of the White Crane Clan.

The instant Kun Peng spoke, Xiang Xuanqing sensed his intent to smear the Demon Dao.

“Only one option left—make Shen Ni suffer a little more.” Xiang Xuanqing immediately sent a mental message to the White Crane Clan Chief.

The White Crane Clan Chief was startled, but after hearing Xiang Xuanqing’s plan, he couldn’t suppress a grin.

He smoothly picked up Kun Peng’s thread: “Shen Ni alone can’t carry this blame—but what if he has a clan behind him?”

“What do you mean?”

[Da Peng Elder] Kun Peng paused: “What clan supports Shen Ni behind him?”

“Of course there is!” the White Crane Clan Chief looked at Kun Peng with solemn gravity: “Surely you haven’t forgotten, Master Shen Ni is the leader of the… ah, no, the Xiongshou Clan?”

Upon hearing this, the elders and ancestral elders were momentarily stunned.

Then, instantly, they understood.

The corners of every deity’s mouth twitched upward.

Whether Shen Ni had ever had a Xiongshou Clan behind him before—starting now, we say he did, and he must have!

If there isn’t one? No problem—we’ll fake it!

When discovered, we’ll say: “The Phoenix Clan? All a misunderstanding—we’re actually the Xiongshou Clan!”

“Yes, yes! Isn’t Shen Ni the leader of the Xiongshou Clan?” [Hong Hu Ancestral Elder] Qing Hong laughed loudly.

“Wrong, Qing Hong—you’ve misremembered.”

[Yuan Chu Ancestral Elder] Qing Yuan, barely holding back his grin, feigned seriousness: “Shen Ni is clearly the Beast Sovereign—the supreme sovereign of the Xiongshou Clan!”

“Exactly!”

[Xuan Niao Elder] Di Jun also caught on—he actively refined the blame plan: “Shen Ni isn’t just the Beast Sovereign—he’s ambitious, seeking to lead the Xiongshou Clan to dominate the Hong Huang Zhen Jie and devour the Pangu Dao Fruit!”

The elders burst into laughter.

“Exactly!”

Zhu Que Ling Guang added: “Why did Shen Ni summon the souls of the Chaos Demons? Just to cause chaos? Absolutely not—that’s merely his disguise. The true reason is only one—”

“To attain the Pangu Dao Fruit!”

“Why? Simple. His Dao is the Dao of Consumption—he seeks to devour the Pangu Dao Fruit as his ultimate goal.”

“I have one more point to add!”

The White Crane Clan Chief received another brilliant idea from his clan’s young prodigy and quickly added: “We must also explain why the Xiongshou Clan exists.”

“In my view, the Xiongshou Clan is the continuation of the Chaos Demons’ lives—their vessel for return!”

The White Crane Clan Chief spoke earnestly: “Shen Ni summoned the Chaos Demons’ souls—once summoned, they needed a vessel. The Xiongshou Clan is that vessel!”

Imagine: the Chaos Demons return through the Xiongshou Clan—what will they do then? They will surely settle the karmic debt of Creation!

The White Crane Clan Chief painted a future vision: “They will ride through the Hong Huang Zhen Jie, sweep through all heavens and worlds, and when they’ve had their fun, they’ll destroy everything Pangu created and deny Pangu’s very existence!”

“They will make Pangu know: they are right—and Pangu is wrong!”

“Clearing karmic debts, consuming Hong Huang, shattering heaven and earth, denying all of Pangu’s existence?” The elders gasped in shock.

This is even more ruthless than devouring Hong Huang and certifying the path of Pan Gu!

To certify the path of Pan Gu means that no matter how much you cause chaos, you still acknowledge Pan Gu and accept yourself as part of Hong Huang.

To consume Pan Gu’s Dao fruit and then smash his life’s work is to deny Pan Gu entirely.

But would the Chaos Demon Gods do such a thing?

“That’s exactly it!” The elders nearly laughed themselves into fits.

Good, it all connects now!

The Phoenix Clan’s primogenitors and elders spoke one after another, helping Shen Ni refine his mission, action plan, and purpose.

And every point was logically sound, convincing Shen Ni completely.

Any action must have a purpose.

Who says Shen Ni’s soul-summoning was merely for destruction?

That’s so lowbrow—it’s like madness, embarrassing!

If we’re going to do it, let’s do it grandly.

To settle karmic debts, devour Hong Huang, destroy heaven and earth, and deny everything of Pan Gu.

With this justification, even Shen Ni would believe it.

No more debate—the Xiong Shou (Murderer) Clan is officially launched as of today.

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